Conversations in the Region: Boots on the ground
Posted in Alternative Energy | Current Events | Innovative Solutions | Marcellus Shale | Natural Gas | Water/Wastewater by Marty Muggleton (VP Client Development & Marketing) on April 19, 2011

Part of my job at Larson Design Group (LDG) involves TerrAqua Resource Management (TARM). This subsidiary of Larson Design Group is the first enterprise in PA that recycles water generated from Marcellus development under a permit from PADEP. You can learn more about TARM here: www.tarmsolutions.com.

TARM is a high compliance success story. Our company doesn’t discharge any water. Clients bring us flowback and produced waters, we run it through our treatment system, and the clients take the water back and reuse it in drilling operations again. TARM’s approach protects the environment in many ways. This best practice leads to a sustainable future for Marcellus. TARM has processed and recycled more than 38 million gallons of water in just over 11 months. Recently, TARM and LDG received a national award for engineering excellence.

TARM is a learning experience for the media that are committed to seeing and experiencing Marcellus development before they write. These writers, editors, photographers, and producers made the effort to put their boots on the ground. They figured that was the only way to get the story straight for their readers and viewers. This is the best approach. Larson Design Group is a knowledge leader in Marcellus development because we had our boots on the ground early.

While some involved in the Marcellus discussion hold Ian Urbina of the New York Times as the gold standard, I nominate the following for being so dedicated to their profession that they visited TARM’s facility to understand how we are pushing for Marcellus sustainability.

• Wyoming Press Examiner
• Altoona Mirror
• The Patriot-News
• The Times Leader
• Williamsport Sun-Gazette
• Lancaster Newspapers, Inc.
• The Philadelphia Inquirer
• The Tribune-Democrat

• The Lock Haven Express
• The Citizen’s Voice
• Central Business Journal
• Delaware Co. Daily Times
• The Daily Review
• Centre Daily Times
• CBC Radio-Canada
• The Guardian

If you or anyone you know want to understand the dynamics underway in the Marcellus put some boots on the ground. If you can’t do that, follow the media that does.

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